Quotes about Suffering
The hand squeezing the handle was not a Roman infantryman. The force behind the hammer was not an angry mob. The verdict behind the death was not decided by jealous Jews. Jesus himself chose the nails.
— Max Lucado
Why did he do it? One reason. So when you hurt, you will go to him - your Father and your Physician - and let him heal.
— Max Lucado
Death, failure, betrayal, sickness, disappointment—they cannot take our joy, because they cannot take our Jesus.
— Max Lucado
Why did he endure all these feelings? Because he knew you would feel them too.
— Max Lucado
9In the same way I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born," says the LORD.
— Max Lucado
God doesn't manufacture pain, but he certainly puts it to use.
— Max Lucado
In God's hands intended evil becomes eventual good. That's the message of Genesis 50:20 and the heart of Joseph's story.
— Max Lucado
We look at the Nike star player with the million-dollar smile and say, "I want to be like him." God points to His Son—who suffered the cross to save you—and says, "I want you to be like Him.
— Max Lucado
there are times when hearts grow so hard and ears so dull that God turns us over to endure the consequences of our choices.
— Max Lucado
he does pledge to reweave your pain for a higher purpose.
— Max Lucado
Are you angry with God? Tell him. Disgusted with God? Let him know. Weary of telling people you feel fine when you don't? Tell the truth. My friends Thomas and Andrea Davidson did. A stray bullet snatched their fourteen-year-old son, Tyler, out of their lives. Tom writes:
— Max Lucado
Glory falls around us as we sob a dirge of desolation on the Cross
— Maya Angelou